Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and record producer well known for his work in country music. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year.

Keith Urban is the first studio album by New Zealand-born country music singer Keith Urban. It was released only in Australia in 1991. It was later released worldwide in 2005 by EMI Music. This album included four singles, "Only You", a cover of "Arms of Mary", "The River", and "I Never Work on a Sunday", released between 1990 and 1992 respectively. Only You" was made into a music video in 1991. Urban later recorded the instrumental track "Clutterbilly" as a member of the band The Ranch in 1997.

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Keith Urban (album) facts for kids. Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Keith Urban is the second studio album by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on October 19, 1999. The producer of the album was Matt Rollings and Keith Urban. The song "But for the Grace of God" reached on the Billboard while "Where the Blacktop Ends" reached "Your Everything" reached and "It's a Love Thing" reached 1999 - "It's a Love Thing". 2000 - "Your Everything". 2000 - "But for the Grace of God".

Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-Australian singer, songwriter and record producer well-known for his work in country music.

Keith Urban's solo debut for American audiences (released after the breakup of his former group, the Ranch) may seem a bit quaint now that he's become a superstar. But back in 1997 when this album was released, Urban looked like a fresh-faced kid who was entering the . market as a virtual unknown. Truth is, he made his recording debut in his native Australia in 1991, and had been on the radar of Nashville's A&R men for years.

Keith's first album is easily his most country and that makes it an interesting listen for him or mainstream country fans to see how easily someone can rid most of the country influence off of his subsequent releases so easily.Don't get me wrong, I like Keith Urban still, it's just this is a COUNTRY album while the rest of his solo work is at best pop-country. There's slide guitar (For the Grace of God), fiddles (Where the Blacktop Ends), and banjos (everywhere) galore, and that makes it a good listen. Keith had always had a nice voice, so he's one of those artists that most can listen to without feeling any impulse to turn it off, and more often than not you'll mellow out into his music.But that's probably the biggest problem, is that even early Keith shows a lot of the traits that have hurt his career, many of his songs sounding somewhat similar due to their polished nature, and Urban has to be one of the worst lyrical writers in country, because he has rarely done anything over the course of his seventeen year but write love songs, the most overused cliche in music. There's no shortage of those here, as every song here discusses it except "Where the Blacktop Ends", "I'm Out on My Own", and the instrumental "Roller Coaster".That being said, Keith is good at love songs, it's just unfortunate he abuses the formula so much. "But for the Grace of God" is probably the best track here and one of the most country he has ever recorded. But he's more interesting when out of his comfort zone, the aforementioned "Out on My Own" is one of my favourite hidden gems on this album.It's a decent listen, but unless you're a serious Keith Urban fan (or a country fan who wants to hear Keith before he went full pop) you can safely pass on this album.